Canon5Dtips Photography is more than words.

Tired of always answering the same question in every forum I go to, I have decided to make a blog post about it… So you want to get a 70-200 lens but dont know which one to buy? Should it be the 70-200Lf4, the 70-200Lf4 IS, the 70-200f2.8L or the 70-200f2.8L IS ? To answer these questions, I would ask ...

My university background is in business. I have a Bachelor and Master degree in these fields. I know all about the importance of networking, how to present a product, etc… Yet, up until recently, I never had a business card to promote my photography business. I had my reasons: no defined photographic style, no time (ya right!), procrastination, did not ...

With the redesign of the blog, I decided to put more emphasis the books I read to learn about photography, video and imaging. To prove that I actually own these books, I have taken a picture of each one, and there are a few more on the way too!  One of my favorite of the stack is The Photographer’s Eye. ...

Procrastination is over! I spent the whole night tweaking the site to make it more visually pleasing by adding pictures and by moving some of the least used sections to the footer. I have also reduced the number of articles on the main page to speed up the load time. I have not had the time to do all the ...

This is a repost from my old blog. It was one of the most visited page and since I keep seeing people asking the same question over and over again, I think it would be a good idea to forward them here. I have a few more of these posts that I will file under ‘learning the basics’. Using tools ...

Note: this article is a translation from French of the excellent article written by Stéphane on his Folo blog. There are already a few articles on this topic on the net but Stéphane post is well illustrated and simple. Of course, cleaning your camera sensor can be a dangerous operation and I cant be responsible of the result. Do it at ...

Unless you are very lucky, you have probably noticed that not all your lenses focus perfectly every time. Some might focus a little bit in front of the subject, others a bit behind it. These issues appear mostly when using a long and wide aperture lens such as the 50mm 1.8 (or 1.4) where the depth of field is less ...

I don’t know how things are going for you guys but I have been hunting for 5D Mark II batteries for a while. A little bit frustrated, I went to one of the big camera store in Montreal and decided to have a talk with one of the rep to understand what was going on. After the initial “Canon cant ship them ...

Sorry for this NSFW (Not Safe For Work) post, but I think it is worth it! Last night, I was at the final event of the Montreal Design and Fashion week in Montreal. Of course, I totally forgot about the event until it was too late to secure a press pass so I had to shoot from the crowd. It ...

Before the release of the firmware update, I wrote an article about why controlling the shutter speed would be as important for us, cinephotographers, as controlling the aperture. I promised to show an example video at the time. Well, it took some time but I finally managed to get the required clips! The best subject for such an example would ...

Here it is guys, my review of the Zacuto Rapid Fire! I still have not used with it enough to feel like I have toped out but I have played enough to give it a fair critic. An updated version will come out once I get my Zfinder. Usability I had a hard time to make up my mind between ...

To save you some time, I compiled a list of all the Vimeo groups related to the 5D Mark II that I could find. As much as I like Vimeo, I wish it was impossible to post videos to more than one group. I understand the reasons why it would not be practical but at the same time, it is ...